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The Timing Of Opinion Formation By Jurors In Civil Cases: An Empirical Examination, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole L. Mott, G. Thomas Munsterman
The Timing Of Opinion Formation By Jurors In Civil Cases: An Empirical Examination, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole L. Mott, G. Thomas Munsterman
Valerie P. Hans
The question of when and how jurors form opinions about evidence presented at trial has been the focus of seemingly endless speculation. For lawyers, the question is how to capture the attention and approval of the jury at the earliest possible point in the trial. Their goal is to maximize the persuasiveness of their arguments--or at least to minimize the persuasiveness of those of the opposing side. Judges, in contrast, are more concerned about prejudgment. They regularly admonish jurors to suspend judgment until after all the evidence has been presented and after the jurors have been instructed on the law. …
An Analysis Of Public Attitudes Toward The Insanity Defense, Valerie P. Hans
An Analysis Of Public Attitudes Toward The Insanity Defense, Valerie P. Hans
Valerie P. Hans
Results from a public opinion survey of knowledge, attitudes, and support for the insanity defense indicate that people dislike the insanity defense for both retributive and utilitarian reasons: they want insane law-breakers punished, and they believe that insanity defense procedures fail to protect the public. However, people vastly overestimate the use and success of the insanity plea. Several attitudinal and demographic variables that other researchers have found to be associated with people's support for the death penalty and perceptions of criminal sentencing are also related to support for the insanity defense. Implications for public policy are discussed.
Judges, Prosecutors, Jurors, And Organized Labor: Four Perspectives Of Corporate Citizenship, Noel Beasley, Janine P. Geske, Valerie P. Hans, E. Michael Mccann, Frank Daily
Judges, Prosecutors, Jurors, And Organized Labor: Four Perspectives Of Corporate Citizenship, Noel Beasley, Janine P. Geske, Valerie P. Hans, E. Michael Mccann, Frank Daily
Valerie P. Hans
Some people argue that the civil jury is in decline. They argue that it's not really so important to be focusing on jurors and jurors' views about corporate responsibility as it might have been in prior times. I want to raise some arguments in favor of the continuing importance of the civil jury. First of all, the cases that juries try may be very important cases in terms of the company and in terms of the role of the company vis-a-vis government regulation. Jurors are symbolic representatives of the public in the courtroom. Finding out what juries do when they …
U.S. Jury Reform: The Active Jury And The Adversarial Ideal, Valerie P. Hans
U.S. Jury Reform: The Active Jury And The Adversarial Ideal, Valerie P. Hans
Valerie P. Hans
In many countries, lay people participate as decision makers in legal cases. Some countries include their citizens in the justice system as lay judges or jurors, who assess cases independently. The legal systems of other nations combine lay and law-trained judges who decide cases together in mixed tribunals. The International Conference on Lay Participation in the Criminal Trial in the 21st Century provided useful contrasts among different methods of incorporating lay voices into criminal justice systems worldwide. Systems with inquisitorial methods are more likely to employ mixed courts, whereas adversarial systems more often use juries. Research presented at the Conference …
Public Opinion Of Forensic Psychiatry Following The Hinckley Verdict, Dan Slater, Valerie P. Hans
Public Opinion Of Forensic Psychiatry Following The Hinckley Verdict, Dan Slater, Valerie P. Hans
Valerie P. Hans
The authors obtained opinions of forensic psychiatry in a community survey following the not guilty by reason of insanity verdict in the Hinckley trial. A majority of respondents expressed little or no confidence in the specific psychiatric testimony in the Hinckley trial and only modest faith in the general ability of psychiatrists to determine legal insanity. Respondents' general and specific attitudes were strongly related. Younger people and women were more positive in their views of psychiatry in the courtroom.
Whipped By Whiplash? The Challenges Of Jury Communication In Lawsuits Involving Connective Tissue Injury, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole Vadino
Whipped By Whiplash? The Challenges Of Jury Communication In Lawsuits Involving Connective Tissue Injury, Valerie P. Hans, Nicole Vadino
Valerie P. Hans
No abstract provided.
Permitting Jury Discussions During Trial: Impact Of The Arizona Reform, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, G. Thomas Munsterman
Permitting Jury Discussions During Trial: Impact Of The Arizona Reform, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, G. Thomas Munsterman
Valerie P. Hans
A field experiment tested the effect of an Arizona civil jury reform that allows jurors to discuss evidence among themselves during the trial. Judges, jurors, attorneys, and litigants completed questionnaires in trials randomly assigned to either a Trial Discussions condition, in which jurors were permitted to discuss the evidence during trial, or a No Discussions condition, in which jurors were prohibited from discussing evidence during trial according to traditional admonitions. Judicial agreement with jury verdicts did not differ between conditions. Permitting jurors to discuss the evidence did affect the degree of certainty that jurors reported about their preferences at the …
Contracts Of Individuals Who Are Incompetent Without Guardianship And The Interpretation Of Article 428 Of The Italian Civil Code: Is The Court Of Cassation Wrong?, Enrico Baffi
enrico baffi
This paper aims at demonstrating that excessive protection of incompetent people can produce unintended negative consequences. Both in the Italian system, which is examined here in depth, and in American common law, a contract can be annulled if there is bad faith of behalf of the party who is not incompetent. However, a party in bad faith could offer an incompetent person a contract that does not produce a prejudice and could, in fact, be beneficial for the incompetent party. If the contract can be annulled, and if the prejudice occasionally occurs, the incompetent party can request a contract annulment. …
Tort As A Litigation Lottery: A Misconceived Metaphor, Timothy D. Lytton, Robert L. Rabin, Peter H. Schuck
Tort As A Litigation Lottery: A Misconceived Metaphor, Timothy D. Lytton, Robert L. Rabin, Peter H. Schuck
Timothy D. Lytton
For over forty years, tort reform proponents have disparaged the tort system as a lottery, arguing that it produces arbitrary outcomes. This criticism has been offered as justification for reform proposals that would replace the tort system with some form of no-fault accident insurance. We do not oppose no-fault alternatives to tort, but this Essay is not the place to weigh the merits of one or another such proposal. Our purpose here is the more limited one of discrediting the lottery metaphor as applied to the tort system. We make three claims. First, this metaphor obscures the tort system’s shortcomings …
Good Medicine/Bad Medicine And The Law Of Evidence: Is There A Role For Proof Of Character, Propensity, Or Prior Bad Conduct In Medical Negligence Litigation?, 63 S.C. L. Rev. 367 (2011), Marc Ginsberg
Marc D. Ginsberg
No abstract provided.
Preparation And Presentation Of The Oral Argument In A Court Of Review, 13 New Eng. L. Rev. 265 (1977), Michael Closen, Marc Ginsberg
Preparation And Presentation Of The Oral Argument In A Court Of Review, 13 New Eng. L. Rev. 265 (1977), Michael Closen, Marc Ginsberg
Marc D. Ginsberg
No abstract provided.
Survey Of Illinois Law: At Long Last, A Long Look At Respondents In Discovery, 35 S. Ill. U. L.J. 703 (2011), Marc Ginsberg
Survey Of Illinois Law: At Long Last, A Long Look At Respondents In Discovery, 35 S. Ill. U. L.J. 703 (2011), Marc Ginsberg
Marc D. Ginsberg
No abstract provided.
Navigating Residential Attorney Approvals: Finding A Better Judicial North Star, 39 J. Marshall L. Rev. 171 (2006), Debra Pogrund Stark
Navigating Residential Attorney Approvals: Finding A Better Judicial North Star, 39 J. Marshall L. Rev. 171 (2006), Debra Pogrund Stark
Debra Pogrund Stark
No abstract provided.
Teacher's Manual For Lawyers, Clients And Moral Responsibility, Thomas Shaffer, Jeffrey Bauman, Elliott Weiss, Alan Palmiter
Teacher's Manual For Lawyers, Clients And Moral Responsibility, Thomas Shaffer, Jeffrey Bauman, Elliott Weiss, Alan Palmiter
Thomas L. Shaffer
No abstract provided.
Arbitration Advocacy: From Clause To Hearing, 28 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 101 (2004), Celeste M. Hammond, Jeffrey J. Mayer
Arbitration Advocacy: From Clause To Hearing, 28 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 101 (2004), Celeste M. Hammond, Jeffrey J. Mayer
Celeste M. Hammond
This Article provides an overview of the key differences between arbitration and litigation, a look at the past and present state of the law governing arbitration, techniques for drafting arbitration clauses, and effective advocacy at arbitration hearings
Drafting New York Civil-Litigation Documents: Part Xlii—In Limine, Trial, And Post-Trial Motions Continued, Gerald Lebovits
Drafting New York Civil-Litigation Documents: Part Xlii—In Limine, Trial, And Post-Trial Motions Continued, Gerald Lebovits
Hon. Gerald Lebovits
No abstract provided.
Law And The Argumentative Theory, 90 Or. L. Rev. 837 (2012), Timothy P. O'Neill
Law And The Argumentative Theory, 90 Or. L. Rev. 837 (2012), Timothy P. O'Neill
Timothy P. O'Neill
Like many law professors, I have coached my share of moot court teams. As you probably know, in most competitions students either choose or are assigned one side of the case to brief. But for the oral argument segment of the competition, students must argue both sides of the case, “on-brief” and “off-brief,” often in alternate rounds. At the end of a competition, with their heads still swimming with arguments and counterarguments, students will sometimes ask, “OK, so can you tell us which is the correct side?” I always say, “Of course I can. . . . The correct side …
Selling Sex: Analyzing The Improper Use Defense To Contract Enforcement Through The Lens Of Carroll V. Beardon, 59 Clev. St. L. Rev. 693 (2011), Julie M. Spanbauer
Selling Sex: Analyzing The Improper Use Defense To Contract Enforcement Through The Lens Of Carroll V. Beardon, 59 Clev. St. L. Rev. 693 (2011), Julie M. Spanbauer
Julie M. Spanbauer
The 1963 decision of the Supreme Court of Montana in Carroll v. Beardon occupies less than three full pages in the Pacific Reporter and involves a simple real estate transaction in which a "madam" sold a house used for prostitution to another "madam." The opinion is the last in a long line of cases which speak specifically to the issue of enforcement of facially legitimate contracts that in some manner involve or are related to prostitution. It is commonly cited in treatises and hornbooks as representative of the movement by courts toward enforcement of such contracts under the law of …
Defensa Posesoria Extrajudicial ¿El Artículo 920°, 921° Del C. C. Y El Artículo 603° Del C. P. C. Es Suficiente?, Ronald Benjamin Jallurana Añamuro
Defensa Posesoria Extrajudicial ¿El Artículo 920°, 921° Del C. C. Y El Artículo 603° Del C. P. C. Es Suficiente?, Ronald Benjamin Jallurana Añamuro
RONALD Benjamín Jallurana Añamuro
En rigor, es necesario delinear la naturaleza jurídica de la posesión para fortalecer la defensa posesoria extrajudicial.
Complex Litigation And The Adversary System, Jay Tidmarsh, Roger Trangsrud
Complex Litigation And The Adversary System, Jay Tidmarsh, Roger Trangsrud
Jay Tidmarsh
A law school level coursebook on complex litigation and the adversary system. The book examines the four ways in which cases can be complex: joinder issues, pretrial issues, trial issues, and remedial issues. The book challenges the reader to consider whether the prevailing doctrines in these areas are consistent with modern adversarial theory, with the aspirations of our system of justice, and with a democratic system’s constraints on judicial power. One volume.
Modern Complex Litigation, Jay Tidmarsh, Roger Trangsrud
Modern Complex Litigation, Jay Tidmarsh, Roger Trangsrud
Jay Tidmarsh
Modern Complex Litigation is the successor to Complex Litigation and the Adversary System, which was published in 1998. Due to the many developments in this field, the authors have reorganized and completely rewritten the text. Most of the principal cases used in the new edition have been decided since 1998, and many of the notes discuss cases, literature, and developments that have arisen in the past decade. In the interest of creating an accessible, student-friendly text, the book has been substantially shortened through the careful editing of cases and the use of short, informative notes. At the same time, the …
Complex Litigation: Problems In Advanced Civil Procedure, Jay Tidmarsh, Roger Trangsrud.
Complex Litigation: Problems In Advanced Civil Procedure, Jay Tidmarsh, Roger Trangsrud.
Jay Tidmarsh
Offers concepts of and insights into the forms and functions of complex litigation issues, including their implications. Helps students in such courses to review and study, as well as serves as a reference book for students once they are in practice.
Mass Tort Settlement Class Actions, Jay Tidmarsh
The Forgotten Rule Of Professional Conduct: Representing A Client With Diminished Capacity, Barry Kozak
The Forgotten Rule Of Professional Conduct: Representing A Client With Diminished Capacity, Barry Kozak
Barry Kozak
All attorneys who maintain client-lawyer relationships must continually, or at least periodically, assess each client’s mental capacity. Under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, this assessment is a two-step process. First, the attorney must ensure that an individual has enough mental capacity to establish or maintain a normal client-lawyer relationship, and second, the attorney must ensure that the individual has enough mental capacity to legally-bind him or herself in the desired transaction or intended course of action. If the attorney determines that at any point in time, a particular client has diminished capacity, then Model Rule 1.14 requires the …
Tailored Police Testimony At Suppression Hearings, Joel Atlas
Tailored Police Testimony At Suppression Hearings, Joel Atlas
Joel Atlas
Whether a court must suppress evidence typically turns on the conduct or observations of the police officer who discovered the evidence. By falsely testifying to the facts surrounding the discovery of the evidence, a police officer may validate a blatantly unconstitutional search. New York courts have long recognized that police officers sometimes fabricate suppression testimony to meet constitutional restrictions. Indeed, the Appellate Division has rejected police testimony at suppression hearings where the officer’s testimony appears to have been “patently tailored to nullify constitutional objections.” Although, to be sure, rejections are rare and their number appears to be declining, the appellate …
Nailing Down The Deadlines: A Modified Peremption Scheme For Claims Against Design Professionals, Alex T. Robertson
Nailing Down The Deadlines: A Modified Peremption Scheme For Claims Against Design Professionals, Alex T. Robertson
Alex T Robertson
In Louisiana construction cases, the timeliness of a third party claim for indemnity is contingent on both the profession of the defendant and where the plaintiff files the suit.[1] This moving target effect has roots in Louisiana’s adoption of a single peremptive statute for construction cases in lieu of the previously controlling liberative prescription statutes.[2] Louisiana instituted peremption to create a shorter and fixed period of time for the possibility of a design professional to be sued from a design, which has several positive consequences--judicial efficiency, higher quality of evidence in construction cases, positive economic impact and heightened creativity in …
Model No More: Querulent Behaviour, Vexatious Litigants And The Vexatious Proceedings Act 2005 (Qld), Narelle Bedford, Monica Taylor
Model No More: Querulent Behaviour, Vexatious Litigants And The Vexatious Proceedings Act 2005 (Qld), Narelle Bedford, Monica Taylor
Narelle Bedford
This article examines the history and development of vexatious proceedings legislation in Queensland. It undertakes a case study of declared vexatious litigants and analyses the effectiveness of a legislative response. In light of recent national and international reforms, this article argues that the current legislative approach to dealing with vexatious proceedings in Queensland is no longer model and requires reformulation. It asserts that a system of graduated litigation limitation orders would provide for a more nuanced response to the issue of vexatious and querulous behaviour. The article concludes by emphasising the value of a multidimensional approach which includes practical, early …
Comentario Al Reglamento Sobre El Sistema De Resolución De Controversias En Materia De Consumo, Gabriel Martinez Medrano
Comentario Al Reglamento Sobre El Sistema De Resolución De Controversias En Materia De Consumo, Gabriel Martinez Medrano
Gabriel Martinez Medrano
Comentario crítico del decreto 202/2015 (Argentina) que reglamenta el Sistema de resolucion de controversias en materia de consumo. Se critica la falta de mecanismos para la ejecución de acuerdos conciliatorios y resoluciones administrativas que reconocen derecho a los consumidores.
Crowdsourcing (Bankruptcy) Fee Control, Matthew Bruckner
Crowdsourcing (Bankruptcy) Fee Control, Matthew Bruckner
Matthew Adam Bruckner
In this article, I explore how crowdsourcing can help reduce the cost of professional representation in corporate bankruptcy cases. The cost of professional representation in bankruptcy cases is currently a hot topic, with oral argument haven taken place before the U.S. Supreme Court in Baker Botts L.L.P. v. Asarco, L.L.C. in February 2015, which case addressed various issues raised in my article. In brief, the fees of lawyers, investment bankers, and other bankruptcy professionals has been spiraling out of control because chapter 11’s existing fee control system is broken. That system can neither identify nor control professional overcharging, which empirical …
American Pipe Tolling: Assessing Outer Limits And Avoiding Bright Lines, Tanya Pierce
American Pipe Tolling: Assessing Outer Limits And Avoiding Bright Lines, Tanya Pierce
Tanya Pierce
No abstract provided.